-
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
Tags
90 Second Summaries American Jobs Act Barack Obama bill summary budget Buy American campaign finance Capitol HIll Citizens United Citizens United v Federal Election Commission Congress debt deficit economy energy environment Environmental Protection Agency EPA FDA Food Safety Modernization Act filibuster filibuster reform H.R. 613 H.R. 2521 infrastructure infrastructure bank jobs jobs plan legislation legislative summary Libya Main Street Insider Make it in America manufacturing National Infrastructure Development Bank Act No-Fly Zone Resolution 1973 Rosa DeLauro S/Res/1973 Security Council spending Stimulus taxes unemployment unemployment insurance United Nations
Monthly Archives: November 2011
The “Doomsday Scenario”
When the President and Congress failed to reach a budget deal several months ago, they created a “supercommittee” to get the job done. Hanging over that supercommittee’s head was what some had termed the “doomsday scenario,” a series of automatic … Continue reading
Posted in 90 Second Summaries
Tagged budget, cuts, debt, deficit, spending, supercommittee
14 Comments
ALEC Exposed: Voter ID
This week, we take a look at another in a series of model legislation written by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Voter ID Act. Make no mistake about it, this legislation was written to hack away at a … Continue reading
Free Justin Bieber? The Commercial Felony Streaming Act
A couple weeks ago, S. 978, the Commercial Felony Streaming Act, was a relatively mundane bill. Aiming to crack down on illegal streaming and internet piracy, the legislation attracted little interest beyond the creative industry associations and the Internet freedom … Continue reading
Posted in 90 Second Summaries
2 Comments
